Westlake, Ohio seals 100 year time capsule

In celebration of its bicentennial, the town of Westlake, Ohio have sealed a time capsule that's intended to be opened in a hundred years.

Photos, newspaper clippings and more Westlake memorabilia will be sealed inside a steel time capsule at 6 p.m. at City Hall.

And this time capsule is built to last. Historical Society President Lysa Stanton said it will be equipped with argon gas and made of steel, and then placed inside a vault before it’s buried.

Hopefully, Westlake residents will open the capsule on the city's tricentennial in 2111. A sister time capsule will be buried alongside, to be opened in 2036 and every 25 years after that. That way any outdated technology can be updated as needed.